May 20, 2013

Subaru Motorsports -- Mid-May 2013

It's mid-May, and Subaru Motorsports teams are percolating with excitement.

Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA)

Already three rounds deep into the season, Subaru Rally Team USA has a substantial lead in the Rally America National Championship -- three stage rallies, with one 2nd-place finish and two 1st-place finishes.

The last was the Oregon Trail Rally, where SRT USA raced against other teams at Portland International Raceway and on gravel and dirt roads with Mount Hood as a backdrop. Driver/co-driver David Higgins/Craig Drew started strongly and never let up. They set stones flying, water rising, and dust clouds hanging with stolid determination. In addition, key competitors faced insurmountable challenges. Read more, plus find videos and photos at the Subaru Motorsports rally site.

For the weekend of May 16-19, SPRT shipped off to Spain to enter the Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) fray at X Games in Barcelona, Spain. However, GRC had to contend with unusually heavy rains, which eventually caused cancellation of the event. Find more about SPRT in Barcelona here.

Since the end of last season, SPRT has worked diligently to make its WRX STI rallycross cars more competitive for drivers Sverre Isachsen, Bucky Lasek, and Dave Mirra. Click here for a press release about SPRT in GRC for 2013.